Synonyms of hustled

hustled

verb

past tense of hustle

1

as in struggled

to devote serious and sustained effort

everyone really hustled to get the project finished on schedule

Synonyms & Similar Words

• struggled
• labored
• worked
• endeavored
• tried
• tugged
• toiled
• plowed
• grubbed
• humped
• slaved
• strove
• plodded
• slogged
• dug (away)
• sweat
• plugged
• drudged
• fagged
• pegged (away)
• strained
• travailed
• attacked
• moiled
• banged away
• drove
• sweat blood
• essayed
• applied (oneself)
• scratched
• exerted
• beavered (away)
• trudged
• exercised
• dug in
• hammered (away)
• waded
• pitched in
• buckled (down)
• overworked
• scrabbled
• eked out
• knuckled down
• overexerted
• ground (out)
• put out

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• broke
• slackened
• eased (up)
• lounged
• chilled
• idled
• shirked
• let up
• loafed
• rested
• lazed
• dallied
• bummed
• hung (around or out)
• relaxed
• played
• basked
• hung
• slacked (off)
• unwound
• hacked (around)
• goofed (off)
• lolled
• reposed
• dabbled
• trifled
• goldbricked
• footled
• dillydallied
• fooled around
• doodled
• vegged out
• messed around
• goofed (around)
• hung about
• puttered (around)
• pottered (around)
• monkeyed (around)
• fribbled

2

as in hurried

to proceed or move quickly

we'd better hustle, or we'll miss the train

Synonyms & Similar Words

• hurried
• scurried
• sped
• raced
• rushed
• trotted
• drove
• traveled
• flew
• chased
• zipped
• jumped
• buzzed
• scooted
• stepped
• ran
• darted
• blew
• dashed
• scuttled
• blasted
• bolted
• ripped
• whirled
• rammed
• bustled
• jogged
• tore
• bowled
• zoomed
• hastened
• breezed
• whisked
• hurtled
• blazed
• hurled
• rustled
• motored
• careened
• barreled
• bundled
• hied
• humped
• rocketed
• pelted
• shot
• nipped
• careered
• jetted
• galloped
• coursed
• cracked (on)
• bombed
• belted
• beat it
• hared
• scampered
• sprinted
• flitted
• highballed
• stepped on it
• cannonballed
• scuffled
• stampeded
• hotfooted (it)
• streaked
• whizzed
• made tracks
• shook a leg
• got a move on
• scudded
• accelerated
• overtook
• beetled
• outran
• quickened
• outpaced
• outstripped
• stepped out
• caught up
• beelined
• arrowed
• fast-forwarded

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• crept
• dragged
• crawled
• poked
• lingered
• lagged
• loitered
• strolled
• hung (around or out)
• poked
• sauntered
• shuffled
• ambled
• tarried
• dawdled
• dallied
• plodded
• lumbered
• slowed (down or up)
• decelerated
• dillydallied

3

as in squeezed

to rob by the use of trickery or threats

a swindler who hustled cashiers by getting them all confused while they were making change

Synonyms & Similar Words

• squeezed
• plucked
• cheated
• stung
• stuck
• screwed
• beat
• did
• tricked
• bled
• suckered
• deceived
• swindled
• victimized
• stiffed
• shortchanged
• rooked
• conned
• reamed
• fiddled
• diddled
• bilked
• defrauded
• fleeced
• exploited
• flimflammed
• hosed
• euchred
• shorted
• cozened
• mulcted
• fooled
• gaffed
• chiseled
• skinned
• ripped off
• shook down
• betrayed
• skunked
• wrenched
• nobbled
• extorted
• choused
• took for a ride
• took to the cleaners
• clipped
• thimblerigged
• did in
• gouged
• nicked
• milked
• soaked
• wrested
• wrung
• duped
• sold a bill of goods to
• overcharged
• gulled
• bitched
• bamboozled
• double-crossed
• roped (in)
• fast-talked

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of hustled

Quickly, the house lights come up, and Lay and family are hustled backstage to get reacquainted. — Joan Kron, Allure, 28 Sep. 2026

Her mother hustled her to hospital, only for the doctors to realize Accurso’s active imagination had left her in the same predicament as Madeline’s friends. — Ct Jones, Rolling Stone, 15 Sep. 2026

In the press box, Ravens assistants hustled downstairs to join the celebration. — Jeff Zrebiec, New York Times, 14 Sep. 2026

Who hasn’t hustled out into the backyard to mimic their sports heroes? — Dana O’Neil, CNN Money, 11 Sep. 2026

David was an underdog, often underlooked in the Bay Area music scene, but was never afraid to give free ideas and unwavering support without expectation ever … David and I hustled. — Gail Mitchell, Billboard, 11 Sep. 2026

While Dan Ficke hustled around taking drink orders, a throwback to his college days working at the parlor, another line extended back from the to-go counter. — Kyle Newman, Denver Post, 11 Sep. 2026

Facing questions about a totally different set of Piker comments, Representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez hustled into an elevator. — Elaine Godfrey, The Atlantic, 3 Sep. 2026

Devers, who hustled into third, then scored on a sacrifice fly by Turner Hill. — Justice Delos Santos, Mercury News, 3 Sep. 2026